Con-Way Truckload Drivers: What's Your 20? (2014 edition)

Discussion in 'Con-Way' started by double yellow, Feb 18, 2014.

  1. double yellow

    double yellow Road Train Member

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    You're looking at the proud? new owner of 21311:

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    Needs a little TLC, but I think I can get another couple years out of her.
     
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  3. CargoWahgo

    CargoWahgo Road Train Member

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    I see double yellows virgin inside and recap outside dualie trl business plan wasn't a myth!

    How much that run ya up?

    Oh yeah....I peed on those trl tires :D

    Guessed wrong.... Sign said main office/visitor parking left receiving straight.
    Went straight. Had to back down the street like a dipstick after seeing the doors in the valley. Oh well. Wasn't too bad.
     
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  4. Roadrealtor

    Roadrealtor Road Train Member

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    Hey! Free parking with your shop ticket!
     
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  5. Roadrealtor

    Roadrealtor Road Train Member

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    Laredo tonight! Broker closed til Monday (aw shucks).
    Highlighted....get a load direct to Sunrise, Florida. Every now and then, even a blind squirrel finds a nut. Hope they don't give me that dang Sunrise to Medly (18 mile) run just to keep me from getting home early.
     
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  6. markealy

    markealy Road Train Member

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    how has everyone been i have not worked in two weeks getting ready to come back i HATE WORKING.... HMMMMM WORK A WEEK THAN TAKE 2WEEKS OF love it.....hows the miles been
     
  7. CargoWahgo

    CargoWahgo Road Train Member

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    Miles have been crap through the week then it doubles over the weekend if some home goer doesn't take 10% of your pay for the week and a day of your life waiting on them.


    Same ole same ole.

    So doing that this winter.

    Won't be doing much driving come January February ;D

    Still gotta go see Craig Ferguson before he retires.

    Dunno what'll happen first me stop procrastinating on that or Conway's pay package.
     
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  8. double yellow

    double yellow Road Train Member

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    Heh, those tires probably won't be on more than a week or two, but I'm still debating which way to go. A good all position tire would be almost the same RR as the top of the line wide single, but much cheaper. But they would still be ~700lbs heavier...

    $6,300 for the trailer -- negotiated down from $7,500 (thanks to Schneider's nearby $6000 spring-ride blowout sale). $14,500 in the tractor:

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    The salty 72 year-old former owner hung up the keys after 8 years (and that after working 40 years as a mechanic/service writer). Came with Cobra 29 bluetooth, APU, 1500W inverter, 4.4' fridge, microwave, OPS bypass, 10 aluminum rims, 6 centramatics, and two notebooks with 900,000+ miles worth of meticulous maintenance & fuel records. Oh and about 50 tea-partyish vinyl decals...

    12.7 non-egr, 10-speed direct, 2.64 rears -- didn't use a drop of oil in the 1600 mile trip home and got 13mpg (bobtail)


    So THAT's why they're malformed...
     
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  9. CargoWahgo

    CargoWahgo Road Train Member

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    A lot cheaper than starting most businesses.
    Well under 50 grand startup nice.
    I'll stick to double wides and duplexes thank you very much.

    Parked at the truck stop that gave me my preventable back up bump week off the trainers truck. -.- man I sucked so hard @ backing up back then. Whipped it in almost the exact spot between two trucks stress free no pull up. Idiot. Why didn't you goal that twentieth time lol...not funny sad actually.
     
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  10. lowgear14

    lowgear14 Medium Load Member

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    That's what I did. In Syracuse, New York at the Pilot on a restart. Deliver tomorrow morning in Macedon, New York.
     
  11. lowgear14

    lowgear14 Medium Load Member

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    Nice truck!
     
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